podman

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podman

https://podman.io/

https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/

preparing VM

set-location f:\hyperv

$VMName = "podman-vm"
$Switch = 'External VM Switch'
$BasePath = "F:\hyperv"
$VMPath = "$BasePath\vm"
$VHDPath = "$BasePath\vhd"

# choose the installation media
$InstallMedia = "F:\hyperv\install_media\debian-12.6.0-amd64-netinst.iso"

$VM = @{
    Name = $VMName
    MemoryStartupBytes = 8GB
    Generation = 2
    NewVHDPath = "$VHDPath\$VMName.vhdx"
    NewVHDSizeBytes = 50GB
    Path = "$VMPath\$VMName"
    SwitchName = $Switch
}

# create the VM
New-VM @VM

# give it 4 cores
Set-VMProcessor $VMName -Count 4

# Set 4GB memory
Set-VMMemory -VMName $VMName -MinimumBytes 4GB -MaximumBytes 8GB

# secure boot settings
Set-VMFirmware -VMName $VMName -SecureBootTemplateId "272e7447-90a4-4563-a4b9-8e4ab00526ce"

# Add DVD Drive to Virtual Machine
Add-VMScsiController -VMName $VMName
Add-VMDvdDrive -VMName $VMName -ControllerNumber 1 -ControllerLocation 0 -Path $InstallMedia

# Mount Installation Media
$DVDDrive = Get-VMDvdDrive -VMName $VMName

# Configure Virtual Machine to Boot from DVD
Set-VMFirmware -VMName $VMName -FirstBootDevice $DVDDrive

# run the VM and complete initial setup

# create checkpoint
Checkpoint-VM -Name $VMName -SnapshotName init

# restore checkpoint
Restore-VMCheckpoint -Name init -VMName $VMName -Confirm:$false

# clean up
$VMName = "podman-vm"
Stop-VM -Name $VMName
Remove-VM -Name $VMName
set-location $BasePath
Remove-Item "vhd/$VMName.vhdx"
Remove-Item "vm/$VMName"

installation

https://podman.io/docs/installation

apt

https://itslinuxguide.com/install-podman-debian/

echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/alvistack/Debian_12/ /' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/home:alvistack.list
curl -fsSL https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:alvistack/Debian_12/Release.key | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/home_alvistack.gpg > /dev/null
sudo apt update
sudo apt install podman

build from the source

# requirements
sudo apt update
sudo apt install \
  btrfs-progs \
  crun \
  git \
  golang-go \
  go-md2man \
  iptables \
  libassuan-dev \
  libbtrfs-dev \
  libc6-dev \
  libdevmapper-dev \
  libglib2.0-dev \
  libgpgme-dev \
  libgpg-error-dev \
  libprotobuf-dev \
  libprotobuf-c-dev \
  libseccomp-dev \
  libselinux1-dev \
  libsystemd-dev \
  netavark \
  pkg-config \
  uidmap

# conmon
git clone https://github.com/containers/conmon
cd conmon
export GOCACHE="$(mktemp -d)"
sudo apt install build-essential
make
sudo make podman

# configuration files
sudo mkdir -p /etc/containers
sudo apt install curl
sudo curl -L -o /etc/containers/registries.conf https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/containers-common/raw/main/f/registries.conf
sudo curl -L -o /etc/containers/policy.json https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/containers-common/raw/main/f/default-policy.json

# optional package
sudo apt install libapparmor-dev

# build podman
git clone https://github.com/containers/podman/
cd podman
make BUILDTAGS="selinux seccomp" PREFIX=/usr

# install the latest version of go and try again
sudo apt remove golang-go
cd
wget https://go.dev/dl/go1.23.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.23.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin  # and add this in the .bashrc file as necessary
cd ~/podman
make BUILDTAGS="selinux seccomp" PREFIX=/usr
sudo make install PREFIX=/usr

cd
git clone git://passt.top/passt && sudo make -C passt install

# too many errors in the documentation...
# the configuration files stored were not present on the original server
# namespaced networking error occurred when trying to run a container
# crun/runc error occurred after installing passt/pasta for ns networking...

second try

export GOPATH=~/go
git clone https://go.googlesource.com/go $GOPATH
cd $GOPATH
cd src
./all.bash
export PATH=$GOPATH/bin:$PATH